3rd PDI Competition 2017
Judge Malcolm Bull
Judge Malcolm Bull
1st Place
'Spotted Flycatcher' by Marion Sweeney AIMS
Apparatus: Camera Canon 7D Mark II
Inspiration: A pair of spotted flycatchers were nesting above the door of a cottage in mid-Wales in June 2016. They took it in turns to wait on this perch for their turn to go to the nest and feed the young. We used external flashes to freeze the birds’ movement. We spent quite a long time in a canvas hide with the camera on a tripod waiting for the birds to perform. It was a damp night and there were plenty of insects about. The flycatchers caught a lot that night but unfortunately not before most of the insects got us! I itched for days afterwards. Manipulation: All I did with this one was tweak the exposure a little, add a bit of clarity and crop it. |
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CERTIFICATES OF MERIT Scores of 19 or more Fiona Hillier Shirley Sadler Carl Smith Joe Startup Neil Treloar x 3 Andrew Worsfold x 2 |
EDDIE FILDES CUP SELECTION Carried forward to enprint of the year No Entries Previous selections Marion Hassett Val Hedges Fiona Hillier x 3 Norman Townsend |
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